# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sabu-dastagir
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:56:17.367Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sabu-dastagir"
name: "Sabu Dastagir"
slug: "sabu-dastagir"
description: "Sabu Dastagir was an Indian and American actor, typically credited mononymously Sabu. He is primarily known for his work in films during the 1930s–1940s in Britain and the United States. He notably played starring roles in Elephant Boy (1937), The Drum (1938), The Thief of Bagdad (1940), and Black Narcissus (1947). Screenonline described him as \"Britain's first above-the-title film star of Indian origin - indeed, for many years India's only truly international star.\""
tagline: "Actor (1924-1963)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sabu_actor.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1924-01-27"
deathDate: "1963-12-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.1
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.37674
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0754942/"
    handle:    "nm0754942"
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%83_%D0%94%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%80"
    title: "Сабу Дастагир"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabu_Dastagir"
    title: "Sabu Dastagir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "سابو داستاجير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "سابو داستاجير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88_%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%82%DB%8C%D8%B1"
    title: "سابو دستقیر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سابو داستاگیر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabu"
    title: "Sabu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabu_(actor)"
    title: "Sabu (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabu_(actor)"
    title: "Sabu (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88_%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1"
    title: "سابو دستگیر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sabu (näyttelijä)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabu_(acteur)"
    title: "Sabu (acteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabu_(actor)"
    title: "Sabu (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%90%D7%91%D7%95_(%D7%A9%D7%97%D7%A7%D7%9F)"
    title: "סאבו (שחקן)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabu"
    title: "Sabu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabu_Dastagir"
    title: "Sabu Dastagir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabu"
    title: "Sabu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%96%E3%83%BC_(%E4%BF%B3%E5%84%AA)"
    title: "サブー (俳優)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%81_%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%BF%E0%B5%BC"
    title: "സാബു ദസ്തഗിർ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%82_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0"
    title: "साबू दस्तगीर"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabu_Dastagir"
    title: "Sabu Dastagir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%83_(%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%91%D1%80)"
    title: "Сабу (актёр)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabu_Dastagir"
    title: "Sabu Dastagir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabu"
    title: "Sabu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabu_(oyuncu)"
    title: "Sabu (oyuncu)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q921798"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/71784"
    title: "Sabu"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump